Git Credential Manager Configuration Guide

Install:

yay --aur -Syu git-credential-manager-bin

📝 Note

To verify the installation, in a private repository, run:

git fetch

If getting the following error:

git: 'credential-manager' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.

Try:

git credential-manager configure

For Linux users, configure the credential store. Do refer to the doc. Example for a graphical desktop user, which uses the freedesktop.org Secret Service API:

git config --global credential.credentialStore secretservice

References

https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71941020/credential-manager-is-not-a-git-command

https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/blob/main/docs/credstores.md

https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/blob/main/docs/configuration.md#credentialcredentialstore